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If you found this blog via a link from a cruising site ~ we did cruise Mexico on our Ocean 49 cat for a season. See the first text box on the right for links to our preparations, trip down Baja, life in Mexico, cruising and trip back up to SoCal. Unfortunately we are back to the grind in the USA...

Friday, August 14, 2009

Santa Blah Blah Barbara Island

Oh for some peace and quiet...So next it was off to the remote Santa Barbara Island out in the middle of nowhere.A first for me!I had been close to it, but never close enough to really see it, smell it or hear it.

Well you can't hear the island, but it does have a huge population of permanent residents...

Only one other boat at anchor!Peace!Quiet!Not quite...A complete and utter cacophony of barking of sea lions.Oh, so much better than YMCA.Any day.

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Wow, Jim finally caught his Halibut!!! yeah!!!!!The water up here in the Bay is ugly and green. what's up with that? I wouldn't even eat a fish caught in this bay. Sailing is good though...about 8 boats go out in the Brisbane ber Can races....We hope to get out on the water in a few weeks...still waiting for the cables. By the way, several boats are anchored out in front of the Brisbane Marina...free.

About Us

We cruised Mexico's West Coast for 3 years on our prior boat, "Thistle" a Columbia 50. Went back to California in 2000 and bought the "new boat" in 2004. We then spent a year and a half cruising in Mexico. We just did the "Baja Bash" ~ sailed up the outside of Baja and returned to SoCal! We are We are now back to work for awhile...
A thought we say to ourselves everyday:
"You'll only regret the things you didn't do".

Our Cult

Another shot of "Meerkat"

Foggy day at Prisoners ~ Santa Cruz Island

Words We Try To Live By

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." ~ Mark Twain

"Life is either a daring adventure or Nothing." ~ Helen Keller

"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." ~ John A. Shedd

"Make it happen." ~ Alan Burg of the sailing vessel Toshal

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the places and moments that take our breath away." ~ Anonymous

“Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.” ~ Rabbi Hyman Schachtel